You can call the Shelby County 9-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars the Comeback Kids.

Shelby dropped its first game of the district tournament this past week at Clear Creek Park but bounced back to win its next two - including an 8-7, come-from-behind final – to win the District 2 title.

Shelby County lost its first game of the district tourney, 12-11, to Scott County, committing 10 errors, this past Wednesday night but rebounded to slam Scott, 21-9, Thursday before rallying against Scott again Saturday afternoon for the title.

A trio of Shelby Sharks had strong showings this past weekend in the 34th annual Mike Peppe-John Bruce Memorial Invitational at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Sam Ruble and Sydney Sell both won one event, while Christian Taylor performed well in his first big-time meet.

1. Joey Logano
Comment: Joey-Lo has owned this track, winning three consecutive Nationwide Series races here, and has to be considered one of the favorites. Plus he’s trying to get into the Chase for the Sprint Cup (he is currently 20th in points) and is coming off a sixth at Sonoma and a third at Daytona.
2. Carl Edwards

The Cal Ripken League district tournaments began this week, and it started off well for a couple of teams.
The Shelby County 10-year-old all-stars opened play Wednesday night with a 11-0, 4-inning victory over Spencer County at Clear Creek Park.
Marcus Collins and Jake Griffin each pitched a pair of innings, and the team received some solid hitting throughout its lineup.
Meanwhile the Shelby County 9-year-old all-stars began play with a 12-11 loss to Scott County on Wednesday night.

Jerry Carroll’s dream finally becomes a reality Saturday night.
In January of 1998 Carroll announced that he and four other investors were going to build a race track in Sparta, just off Interstate 71, with the long-term goal of hosting a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. In July of that year ground was broken (it was the largest excavation project in the history of the commonwealth), and 23 months later the 1.5-mile tri-oval Kentucky Speedway opened.

Tryouts for several sports begin next week at both Collins and Shelby County high schools, and although fall sports don’t begin until August, things are already looking good for the Shelby County girls’ golf team.
The Rockets’ four returning players – Shannon Harover, Jordan Webb, Madison Thomas and Lilly Young – have all had strong summers on the state’s junior golf tours so far.

Shelby County’s golf scene will take on a bit more notoriety in 2012, when the NCAA Division II’s men’s and women’s championships will be played at the county’s most prestigious venues.

As part of the Louisville Sports Commission’s luring of all the spring sports championships for NCAA-II to Kentuckiana, Cardinal Club in Simpsonville (men) and Persimmon Ridge (women) in northwestern Shelby County have landed those championships.